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The Conflicts of Ancient Greece

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were the key players in the Trojan War?

a)

Athens and Sparta

b)

The Mycenaeans and the Trojans

c)

Persia and the Greeks

d)

All of the Greek city-states

2.

What was the outcome of the Trojan War?

a)

The Mycenaeans won; Troy was destroyed

b)

Troy won; The Greek civilization fell

c)

The war destroyed both civilizations

d)

Both called a truce and formed the Roman civilization

3.

Which fabled hero was said to have fought in the Trojan War?

a)

Hercules

b)

Perseus

c)

Achilles

d)

Theseus

4.

Who wrote the only account of the Trojan War, the Iliad?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Homer

5.

Sparta was the leader of which alliance system?

a)

The Delian League

b)

The Peloponnesian League

6.

Athens was the leader of which alliance system?

a)

The Delian League

b)

The Peloponnesian League

7.

Who led the Persian Army during the first Persian Invasion of Greece?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Darius I

c)

Xerxes

8.

Why was the battle of the Thermopylae important?

a)

It was a distraction in order to give the Athenians time to prepare

b)

It was a decisive battle to determine the war.

c)

It bought all the Greek city-states together for a cause.

d)

It caused the Greek to lose the second Persian Invasion.

9.

Who was involved in the Peloponnesian War?

a)

The Persians and Troy

b)

Alexander the Great and the Persian Empire

c)

Sparta and Athens and their allies

d)

The Macedonians and the Greek city-states.

10.

What was the result of the Peloponnesian War?

a)

The Athenians won expanded their empire.

b)

Sparta took over the Athenian Empire, discontinued democracy for a short time.

c)

There was a stalemate and the Greek civilization continued to flourish.

d)

The Persian invade for a third time, ending the Greek civilization.

11.

What was the aftermath of the Persian Invasions.

a)

Athens emerges as the most powerful and influential city-state. Sparta is weakened

b)

The Persian Empire took over Greece.

c)

The Greek Civilization invades the Persian Empire expanding their empire.

12.

Who invaded Greece after their decline?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Phillip II of Macedonia

d)

Xerxes

13.

What was Alexander the Great's main goal?

a)

World-conquest

b)

To only take over Greece

c)

Expand trade for Macedonia

d)

To avenge his father's death

14.

Alexander the Great was able to build his empire over how many years?

a)

5 years

b)

11 years

c)

20 years

d)

15 years

15.

Which cultural style did Alexander the Great create and spread?

a)

The Classical Style

b)

The Medieval Style

c)

The Fresco a secco style

d)

The Hellenistic Style